This is the cover sheet of two bound sets of 8-1/2" x 14" sheets printed on one or two sides that were each titled "Free City." The cover illustration depicts what the Diggers described as a Hopi "Running Man" symbol against a Sun-Ray mandala. The inside sheets contain news of the Free community, poetic pronouncements, and philosophical diatribes.
We can date the publication of this first set by an announcement in the Berkeley Barb. The September 29, 1967, issue contained a notice which read: "Free City," the San Francisco Diggers free newspaper-magazine-rap sheet, is due to hit the streets at any moment. A pre-release copy of the multi-color Gestetner publication reached BARB's hands." |